Pascual Martínez (Murcia, 1977) and Vincent Sáez (Alicante, 1977) are two Spanish photographers working as a photography duo since 2014. They studied at the School of Art in Murcia, and combine their work as photographers with teaching, designing and curating photography exhibitions. Their focus is on human relations and the study of society through photography as a means of anthropological exploration.
In 2014 they began an artistic residency in Bucharest, Romania, working on ‘The Tree of Life is Eternally Green’. This was their first photobook, published in March 2018 with the English publisher Overlapse, and has been recognized with the ‘2018 ArtsLibris-Fundació Banc Sabadell Prize’ in Barcelona, won a nomination to ‘Unveil'd Photobook Award 2018 UK’, the ‘HP’s Inkspiration Award Of Excellence 2018, UK&Ireland Edition, and selected at Athens Photo Festival 2018. Is held in collections such as the 'MoMA Library' (Nueva York, USA), ‘Tate Modern Library & Archives’ (UK), ‘Yale University Library’ (USA), or the ‘École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie’ in Arlès (France).
Their work was selected to exhibit at PhotoEspaña Madrid 2015, and exhibited in Spain at Murcia, Granada, and Barcelona, internationally at Athens, Brasov and Bucharest in Romania, and in projections at “Kaunas Photo Festival” (Lithuania), and Verzasca Foto Festival (Switzerland).
They have recently published their second photobook, also with Overlapse, entitled ‘The Saxons of Transylvania’, wich is the second part of the trilogy they are developing in Romanian territory.